SionGilbey

I'll give anyone a fiver for a sov.!

If one was silly enough to spend a gold Sovereign in your local Spar, what would you get for it? Is the face value £1? Would they let you?

Can't find anything about this 23mm coin. I think it's a gambling token from Victoria's coronation but I thought it might be worth sticking here (40p in local Antiques shop) Sion

I've always thought he had an unfortunate name...

You have an Access table (file) of pictures with an associated unique Coin ID for each picture. You also store that same unique ID against each coin in your main table. Finally, you establish a relationship between the two tables based on Coin ID, and simply set up a picture field that brings in the relevant picture based on the relationship. It sounds more complicated to explain than to set up. Yes - the more RAM you have, the less the problem will manifest, but Excel itself probably has an overhead position where it will start to slow down on very large files, but I have absolutely no idea what that size is. I've sorted the Access problem out with Colin now so no need to worry. Your method sounds interesting though and I'll try it out when I have some time. Also, with Access you can store the images outside the database rather than integrating them therefore there isn't any of that problem.

Found some more on it: Exact match: Same eagle different text on Vic. eBay link

That's the coin alright but the "expert" doesn't seem to know what they are on about, claiming the clearly labelled "VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN" was not Victoria and it was a Russian Kopek.

Oh, and isnt the large file size slowing down the program a RAM issue?

Hmm... Is there any similar way for Access? I can only attach pictures as objects that you have to click on and open in the default program where you use it. I'd rather have a mouseover or immidiate view. Anyone know how?

That's pretty heavy cuds by the look of it. Stick it on eBay and see who'll give you a fiver for it!

Looks like an Edward I penny? Ask Sylvester, I think he's the expert on this sort of thing.

I think we will have plenty of contributions - but who will host it? I'm skint otherwise I would. Anyone with a website willing to volunteer? It's best if you have some PHP knowledge.

If you have a modern computer a 2mb pic on each of the 2000 makes only 2GB in files. Which is only the size of the smallest flash drive you can get these days. Computer hard drives are usually more than 100GB, mine being 240. I think this is supposed to be quicker and more aesthetically pleasing. Also it's more convenient if you are checking all the images of the same year coin for an error you've just read about you can just gently move the mouse down as opposed to opening an unholy amount of windows or tabs.

For the copyrighted stuff the only way we will legally put them in is with permission from the author.

josie I saw that the other day - however through all the different coats of arms I couldn't find a banner match!

A wiki is easy to make as well with MediaWiki (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) and someone with web knowledge and hosting (you know who you are) and a couple of volunteer mods to combat any spamming or vandalism would be able to. If a link was given, I think most here would contribute to it and it could be posted to other coin forums like CoinsGB.com .

The double headed eagle is very common. They are basically the same apart from the banner they carry and the design. Some are entirely one colour.

I think most collectors now start off collecting anything and everything - I certainly did. I had best luck in Car Boot Sales (in summer when they have the best turnout, search the internet for your local ones), antiques and charity shops and eBay (If you only have cash you can buy preloaded credit cards in WHSmith for use on the Net).

Yes, that looks a lot more real now. However I'm sticking with GVF.

The seemingly changing factor is the banner it carries. On the coin it is a spotty banner, while on the Russian coat of arms it's a man on horseback. If we research the origins of the flag and it's significance we could probably nail it's origin.

The double headed eagle with the shield and various pieces of treasure is the Russian coat of arms. Could it be Russian made? I am not knowledgeable about Jetons.

Sorry for the triple post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_the_Russian_Empire That's your bird.

I recognise the bird as well from a 15 ruble coin (Russia).

Hmm... is the observe a Prince of Wales model half Sov?

GVF.